by Luke Ray FRIDAY Speaking personally, it was with warm and (very) fuzzy memories of the previous Kobe tour that I greeted the lads, already gathered outside Shinagawa Starbucks. The beers started flowing immediately, everyone fully aware that we only had 48 (very) odd precious hours of drinking ahead of us (minus time for the
The cricket world slowly but surely goes mad, the BCCI tail wagging the ICC dog, as a shameless queue of cricket whores roll over and say tickle me. So will the 20-over frenzy reach Japan? Rumours are circulating that SONY will shell out out $1.5 billion to cover a franchised comp in Japan: Jarrad Shearer
You may know that last weekend a national team selection camp was conducted in Fuji, with as many as 28 players turning up to try out. As the Head Selector of the Japan Men’s National Team, I’m pleased to announce the squad for the up-coming 6-team tournament in Auckland, New Zealand from November 29 to
by Bjorn Pederson It’s that time of the year again…, post-Kobe, and everyone is talking about the performance of the Wombats both on and off the field. Following last year’s hugely successful event, anticipation was high for an even better tour, and as such 13 Wombats, 2 more than last year, ventured down to Kobe
The season is yet to “officially” begin, but the Wombats have already put in some quality pre-season drinking, ah, I mean training. We’ve had 2 net sessions, one at Shinagawa and the other at Goi, where a total of about 15 Wombats turned out. We’ve also had a very good hit out against the Shizuoka
G’day Tokyo Wombats Cricket Club and welcome back for the 2007 season. From a playing perspective we’re looking like having a busy start to the season. Practise games starting March 18th, the legendary Chiang Mai 6s in early April, the start of the J1C in mid-April and the Kobe Challenge at the end of May,
When Robb McKenna first asked me if we would be interested in heading down to Kobe for a weekend of cricket, I didn’t think there would be much interest, let alone a full team. However, I was pleasantly surprised when the interest in the trip was overwhelming, and anticipation was high. I think its fair
by Gerard Brady Friday 30th June. Eleven Wommies all made it on time to the rendevous point at Shinagawa Station Newdays at 6.30pm Friday 30th June clearly anticipating an enormous weekend in Kobe. After marauding the kombini of extra supplies we all jumped on the Shink hoping to get absolutely spastic during the night and
Welcome Wombats to the 2006 season. Already some big changes and decisions made within the club. Pulling out of the JGC 20/20 competition was a club decision which I think in the long run will benefit all members. We’ll be playing 40 over friendly games to replace the JGC this season. The commitee have made
Its been a while since I had a rant so with the new season fast approaching, I thought it was appropriate to have a bit of a rant. My New Year’s resolution is to write in this column more often as I only wrote one rant all year last year. The season is yet to